By Chart-topping rapper Lil Durk has been arrested in Florida on murder-for-hire charges, hours after federal authorities indicted five members of his Only The Family (OTF) music collective in connection with the 2022 killing of Quando Rondo’s cousin.
Durk Banks, 32, remains held without bond in Broward County Jail awaiting transfer to U.S. Marshals custody, according to jail records obtained Friday. The arrest follows the unsealing of federal charges in Los Angeles against five OTF affiliates for the murder of 24-year-old Saviay’a Robinson.
Federal prosecutors charged Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey, and Asa Houston with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and related firearms offenses. The indictment alleges the group targeted Quando Rondo in retaliation for the 2020 Atlanta killing of rising Chicago rapper King Von, Banks’ protĂ©gĂ©.
Court documents detail an elaborate plot where suspects allegedly offered money and music industry opportunities to secure Rondo’s murder. Prosecutors say Grant flew from Miami to Los Angeles to supply weapons and coordinate surveillance using rented vehicles to track Rondo and his family. The August 19, 2022 shooting at a Beverly Grove gas station killed Robinson while Rondo survived.
While Banks’ connection to Robinson’s murder remains unclear, the case highlights ongoing violence within hip-hop circles. Banks, known for his Drake collaboration “Laugh Now Cry Later” and work with artists including 21 Savage and Travis Scott, had been preparing to release his ninth studio album “Deep Thoughts” in November.
The federal indictment specifically charges the suspects with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire resulting in death, and weapons violations including use of a machine gun in furtherance of a violent crime resulting in death.
